+ Spec 124:796 Je 12 ’20 870w The Times [London] Lit Sup p249 Ap 22 ’20 1700w
JENNINGS, ARTHUR SEYMOUR. Paints and varnishes. il $1 Pitman 667
20–18167
The book comes under the Pitman’s common commodities and industries series and deals with the properties and uses of paints and varnishes from a purely commercial and professional point of view. Their quality, the quantity required to cover given surfaces and the determination of probable durability are dealt with at some length. The process of manufacture is only described when it becomes necessary to differentiate between grades or qualities of the same material. Contents: The characteristics of a good paint; The principal pigments used in paint making; The thinners used in paint; Paint-mixing—the application of paints, etc.: Whitewashes and distempers; Service tests of paints and varnishes; Machinery used in paint-making; Varnishes and enamels; Tables, etc.; Index and illustrations.
JENSEN, ALBRECHT. Massage and exercises combined. il $4 The author, box 73 G. P.O., N.Y. 613.7
20–19054
“A new system of the characteristic essentials of gymnastic and Indian Yogis concentration exercises combined with scientific massage movements.” (Sub-title) The author lays stress upon the therapeutic effectiveness of the combination of massage and exercises. The system is intended chiefly for home use and requires no gymnastic equipment and no expenditure. The contents in part are: Resultant bad effects from the use of heavy apparatus, weights and too strenuous exercises; Special benefit to women from the use of these exercises; The construction and characteristics of the combined massage exercises; General and detailed description of the combined massage exercises with their analyses and effects; Proper breathing: How the number of exercises for one performance can best be decreased; How the exercises may be utilized in some diseased and disordered conditions of the body. There are eighty-six illustrations.
+ N Y Evening Post p26 O 23 ’20 70w + N Y Times p26 Ja 16 ’21 270w R of Rs 62:448 O ’20 60w Survey 45:103 O 16 ’20 160w
JEPSON, EDGAR. Loudwater mystery. *$2 (3c) Knopf